The “Great Wall” of Louisiana Full Documentary

With the recent flooding of New York and New Jersey by hurricane Sandy it is a good time to revisit New Orleans and the work that was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect it from future flooding. The new system is believed to be Category 5 storm proof. A Category 5 storm has winds up to 155 mph and involves complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings. Some complete building failures with small utility buildings blown over or away occurs. Flooding causes major damage to lower floors of all structures near the shoreline. Massive evacuation of residential areas may be required. The areas protected include New Orleans East, metro New Orleans, the 9th Ward, and St. Bernard Parish all of which were inundated during Katrina.

Katrina, which was the...

With the recent flooding of New York and New Jersey by hurricane Sandy it is a good time to revisit New Orleans and the work that was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect it from future flooding. The new system is believed to be Category 5 storm proof. A Category 5 storm has winds up to 155 mph and involves complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings. Some complete building failures with small utility buildings blown over or away occurs. Flooding causes major damage to lower floors of all structures near the shoreline. Massive evacuation of residential areas may be required. The areas protected include New Orleans East, metro New Orleans, the 9th Ward, and St. Bernard Parish all of which were inundated during Katrina.

Katrina, which was the costliest natural disaster in US history prior to Sandy, was a Category 5 storm over the Gulf of Mexico but weakened to Category 3 as it came ashore; the many levees that surround New Orleans were breeched in many dozens of places. Rebuilding these levees was important and over 350 miles were rebuilt bigger and stronger. But in addition it was decided that a massive new structure would encircle the city to protect it from storm surge.

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